antimotif

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ motif.

Noun

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antimotif (plural antimotifs)

  1. (genetics) A pattern, in a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, that appears less often than chance would predict and is conjectured to have biological significance.
  2. A pattern that acts as a reversal or counterpoint to a dominant motif.